DJ TCS Group Holding PLC: 3Q and 9M17 IFRS Results and Interim Dividends
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TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS)
TCS Group Holding PLC: 3Q and 9M17 IFRS Results and Interim Dividends
20-Nov-2017 / 07:00 CET/CEST
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TCS Group Holding PLC Announces 3Q and 9M 2017 IFRS Results and Interim
Dividends
Moscow, Russia - 20 November 2017. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
"Group"), Russia's leading provider of online retail financial services via
its Tinkoff.ru financial supermarket, today announces its interim condensed
consolidated IFRS results for the third quarter and for the nine months
ended 30 September 2017.
KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
3Q 2017
- Net margin up 41% y-o-y to RUB 12.2 bn (3Q16: RUB 8.7 bn)
- Profit before tax up 67% y-o-y to RUB 6.6 bn (3Q16: RUB 4.0 bn)
- Net income up 75% y-o-y to RUB 5.0 bn (3Q16: RUB 2.9 bn)
- ROE increased to 53.7% (3Q16: 43.4%)
- Net interest margin at 25.1% (3Q16: 25 .5%)
- Cost of risk at 6.0% (3Q16: 8.3%)
9M 2017
- Net margin grew by 37% y-o-y to RUB 33.1 bn (9M16: RUB 24.2 bn)
- Profit before tax up 70% y-o-y to RUB 16.5 bn (9M16: RUB 9.7 bn)
- Net income up 73% y-o-y to RUB 12.6 bn (9M16: RUB 7.3 bn)
- ROE grew to 48.8% (9M16: 39.0%)
- Net interest margin at 25.6% (9M16: 25.7%)
- Total assets increased by 35% to RUB 236.0 bn (YE16: RUB 175.4 bn)
- Gross loans and advances to customers up 27% to RUB 153.4 bn (YE16: RUB
120.4 bn)
- Net loans and advances to customers up 30% to RUB 134.1 bn (YE16: RUB
102.9 bn)
- Share of non-performing loans (NPLs) at 9.4% (YE16: 10.2%)
- Customer accounts increased by 25% to RUB 155.7 bn (YE16: RUB 124.6 bn)
- Total equity up by 33% to RUB 39.1 bn (YE16: RUB 29.5 bn)
KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 9M 2017
- In 9M17 over 1.3M new active credit card customers were acquired,
underpinning net loan growth of 30% YTD
- In July 2017 Tinkoff Bank was named the most profitable bank in Central
and Eastern Europe by The Banker magazine
- In July 2017 Global Finance declared Tinkoff Bank the winner in two of
the World's Best Consumer Digital Banks 2017 award categories
- In August 2017 Tinkoff Bank started the gradual deployment of its own
ATM network. There are now approximately 200 installed across Russia
- In August 2017 Tinkoff mobile banking app was recognized as best in
Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report in four nominations - apps for iPhone,
Android and Windows smartphones and apps for iPads
KEY HIGHLIGHTS POST 9M 2017
- As of 1 October 2017 Tinkoff Bank was the second largest credit card
player in Russia with a market share of 11.6%
- In October 2017, the Group acquired a 55% stake in CloudPayments, an
innovative online payment solutions provider. The deal will enable Tinkoff
to enhance its merchant acquiring business line as part of its growing SME
offering
- In November 2017, the Tinkoff mobile banking app was named as best in
CIS by Markswebb Rank & Report
Third 2017 Interim Dividend and Special Interim Dividend Announcements
In line with the Group's dividend policy, the Board of Directors yesterday
approved a third interim gross dividend for 2017 of USD 0.22 per share/GDR
(with each GDR representing one share), with a total dividend payment of
around USD 40.2 mn (RUB 2.4 bn). In addition to this, and due to the
stronger than expected bottom-line result, the Board of Directors approved a
special interim dividend of USD 0.18 per share/GDR (with each GDR
representing one share), with a total dividend payment of around USD 32.9 mn
(RUB 2.0 bn).
Subject to London Stock Exchange regulations, indicatively the dividends
will be payable around 6 December 2017, to those shareholders on the Group's
register as at the record date of Friday, 1 December 2017. The ex-dividend
date will be 30 November 2017.
According to the terms of the GDR deposit agreement, holders of the Group's
GDRs will receive their dividends approximately 5 business days after the
payment date.
GUIDANCE FOR 2018
Following strong underlying growth in the first nine months of 2017, the
Group is pleased to reaffirm its FY17 performance guidance and provide the
following guidance for FY18:
- net income to be at least RUB 24 bn
- net loan growth to be at least 25%
- cost of risk to be around 7-8%
- cost of borrowing to be around 7-8%
NB. This guidance is based on IAS39 and not IFRS9. There may be some changes
when Tinkoff moves to IFRS9 from 1 January 2018.
Oliver Hughes, CEO of Tinkoff Bank, commented:
"In 3Q 2017, the Group delivered another strong set of results, driven by
significant loan growth, good credit quality, and the new business lines
hitting break-even. We have posted net income of RUB 5.0 bn, bringing our
total net income for nine months to RUB 12.6 bn. With continued robust net
income performance, the Group reports an ROE of 48.8% for the year to date.
"Our diversification process has continued to show impressive results, with
non-credit businesses contributing increasingly to both the top and bottom
lines. As of today over 22% of our top line result comes from non-credit
business lines. Tinkoff Business broke even in June this year and doubled
its customer base since the beginning of the year, and we plan to reach
around 250,000 opened accounts by year-end. Tinkoff Mortgage is well on
track to exceed our target of RUB 7 bn of mortgage loans disbursed by the
end of the year. We now have 10 partner banks and expect this business line
to break even by year-end. We continue to expand Tinkoff Investments, which
now has almost 65,000 brokerage accounts opened.
"At the same time, our core credit card business is having another excellent
year. We added over 550,000 new credit cards activated in the third quarter,
underpinning net loan growth of 30% year-to-date. Credit quality is good,
the risk profile of incoming customers is stable and cost of risk is low at
6.0% for the second quarter in a row. Tinkoff's cost of borrowing stands at
7.7% after the placement of the USD 300 mn perpetual Tier 1 Eurobond in
June.
"We also continue to innovate our processes to continuously increase
operational efficiency. For example, our use of voice recognition technology
allows us to save around 720 hours of employee time per month, while using
chat bots to field 20% of all of the incoming queries without connecting to
an employee also helps keep costs down.
"Thanks to the robust performance in 3Q, we can reiterate our guidance for
net profit of over RUB 17 bn for the full year and give new guidance of at
least RUB 24 bn for 2018. We are also delighted to announce that, in line
with the Group's dividend policy, the Board of Directors has approved two
dividends: the first is RUB 2.4 bn in line with the dividend policy; the
second is a special interim dividend of RUB 2.0 bn which we are able to pay
as a result of the stronger than expected bottom-line results."
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REVIEW
RUB bn 3Q17 3Q16 Change 9M17 9M16 Change
Credit cards issued ('000 735 334 2.2x 1,760 958 +84%
pcs)
Credit card 75.2 46.7 +61% 194.6 124.7 +56%
transactions
Net margin 12.2 8.7 +41% 33.1 24.2 +37%
Net margin after loan 10.0 6.3 +59% 26.5 17.3 +53%
impairment
Profit before tax 6.6 4.0 +67% 16.5 9.7 +70%
Net income 5.0 2.9 +75% 12.6 7.3 +73%
RUB bn 30 September 31 Change
2017 December
2016
Total Assets 236.0 175.4 +35%
Net loans and advances to 134.1 102.9 +30%
customers
Cash and treasury portfolio 76.9 49.5 +55%
Total Liabilities 196.9 145.9 +35%
Customer accounts 155.7 124.6 +25%
Total Equity 39.1 29.5 +33%
Tier 1 capital ratio 23.6% 14.8% +8.8pp
Total capital ratio 23.9% 16.3% +7.6pp
CBR N1.0 (capital adequacy 15.99% 11.13% +4.86pp
ratio)
The Group delivered another strong set of results for 3Q and 9M17 following
accelerating growth of its core credit card business and the excellent
performance of its new business lines.
As a result, the Group reported a net income for 3Q17 and 9M17 of RUB 5.0 bn
and RUB 12.6 bn respectively. This translated into ROE of 53.7% for 3Q17 and
48.8% for 9M17.
In 9M17, the Group issued 1.76M credit cards, including 735,000 in 3Q17. The
total volume of credit card transactions in 9M17 grew by 56% y-o-y to RUB
194.6 bn (9M16: RUB 124.7 bn).
In 9M17, gross interest income grew by 23% y-o-y to RUB 42.9 bn (9M16: RUB
34.8 bn), while in 3Q17 it was up 30% y-o-y to RUB 15.8 bn (3Q16: RUB 12.2
bn), driven by growth in both the loan book and securities portfolio. Gross
interest yield stayed at 40.0% in 3Q17, while the interest yield on the
Group's securities portfolio stayed at 7.3%. Gross yield for 9M17 amounted
to 39.5% (9M16: 40.0%).
In 3Q17, interest expense grew by 2% y-o-y to RUB 3.45 bn (3Q16: RUB 3.4
bn). The cost of borrowing stayed at 7.7% in 3Q17 following declining retail
deposit rates.
In 3Q17, net margin grew by 41% y-o-y to RUB 12.2 bn (3Q16: RUB 8.7 bn),
while in 9M17 it increased by 37% y-o-y to RUB 33.1 bn (9M16: RUB 24.2 bn).
The net interest margin (NIM) stood at 25.1% in 3Q17 (3Q16: 25.5%) and at
25.6% in 9M17 (25.7% in 9M16). Due to lower cost of risk, the risk-adjusted
net interest margin increased to 20.6% in 3Q17 (3Q16: 18.6%) and to 20.5% in
9M17 (9M16: 18.3%).
The Group continues to focus on controlling its cost of risk and efficiently
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managing the quality of its portfolio. In 3Q17, the cost of risk stayed at a
low 6.0% for the second quarter in a row (3Q16: 8.3%), with the 9M17 cost of
risk decreasing to 6.5% from 8.5% in 9M16.
The Group continues to develop its new business lines, all of which are
demonstrating robust growth, with the SME business performing exceptionally
well. In 9M17, the Group's fee and commission income increased by 74% y-o-y
to RUB 10.1 bn (9M16: RUB 5.8 bn).
At the end of 9M17, the Group had over 2.4 mn current account customers with
a total balance of over RUB 62 bn across all their accounts. The Group's SME
business doubled its customer base since the beginning of the year to
190,000 SME customers, with over RUB 17.5 bn in total on their current
accounts. This business line broke even in June 2017 and is on track to
reach over 250,000 opened accounts by year-end. Net income for 3Q17 amounted
to RUB 0.37 bn.
The Group continues to develop its mortgage platform in partnership with 10
banks, through which it originated over RUB 3.0 bn of mortgage loans in
3Q17. The Group expects the mortgage platform to break-even in 4Q17 and
expects the platform to originate over RUB 7 bn of mortgage loans by the end
of the year.
Tinkoff Investments continues to demonstrate robust growth with around
65,000 brokerage accounts opened as of 1 October 2017. With every fourth
brokerage account currently opened via this service, the Group expects it to
break even next year.
In 3Q17, operating expenses increased by 14% q-o-q due to continued growth
of acquisition expenses. The cost-to-income ratio stood at a stable 42.3% in
3Q17.
In 3Q17, the Group reported a net income of RUB 5.0 bn (3Q16: RUB 2.9 bn).
Net income for 9M17 amounted to RUB 12.6 bn (9M16: RUB 7.3 bn). As a result,
ROE for 3Q17 reached 53.7%.
In 9M17, the Group continued to maintain a healthy balance sheet with total
assets having increased by 35% to RUB 236.0 bn due to strong credit
portfolio growth and proceeds from the Perpetual Subordinated Eurobond
(YE16: RUB 175.4 bn).
In 9M17, the Group's gross loan book grew by 27% to RUB 153.4 bn (YE16: RUB
120.4 bn) due to the increased number of new customers with over 550,000 new
active credit card customers in 3Q17 and over 1.3M in 9M17.
The Group's net loan book grew by 30% to RUB 134.1 bn (YE16: RUB 102.9 bn).
As a result, Tinkoff Bank's market share increased to 11.6% as of 1 October
2017, further solidifying its position as Russia's second largest credit
card issuer.
In 3Q17, the Group's NPL ratio stayed flat at 9.4%. The Group's loan loss
provision coverage decreased to 1.3x non-performing loans.
The Group's customer accounts increased by 25% YTD to RUB 155.7 bn (2Q17:
RUB 140.2 bn; YE16: RUB 124.6 bn). In April 2017, Tinkoff Bank issued a
5-year RUB 5 bn bond with a put option in April 2019. In June 2017, Tinkoff
Bank issued (through TCS Finance D.A.C., its Irish SPV) a USD 300 mln
perpetual bond with a 9.25% coupon and with a call option in September 2022.
Simultaneously, the Group bought back a substantial amount of its Tier 2
subordinated debt.
In 9M17, the Group's total equity increased by 33% to RUB 39.1 bn (YE16: RUB
29.5 bn). The Group's statutory capital ratios went up following the
inclusion of perpetual debt in additional Tier 1 capital. As of 1 October
2017, the Group's statutory N1.0 ratio was up at 16.0% and its N1.2 ratio
had increased to 14.4%. N1.1 stood at a comfortable 9.8%. The Group expects
the N1 total capital ratio to grow during the remainder of the year driven
by retained earnings.
TENDER FOR EXTERNAL AUDITOR OF THE GROUP
The Group intends to conduct an audit tender during 2018, in the context of
the EU Regulation on audit reform of public interest entities. A competitive
tender process, open on equal terms to registered audit companies that meet
the statutory requirements and the professional standards including the
current external auditors, PwC, overseen by the Audit Committee of the
Company, will be launched in 2018 with a view to identifying and appointing
external auditors of the Group for accounting periods commencing on 1
January 2019 and thereafter.
***
The management team will host an investor and analyst conference call at
09.00 UK time (12.00 Moscow time, 04.00 U.S. Eastern Standard Time), on
Monday, 20 November 2017.
The press release, presentation and financial statements will be available
on the Tinkoff Bank website at
https://www.tinkoff.ru/eng/investor-relations/results-and-reports/ [1]
To participate in the conference call, please use the following access
details:
Conference ID 8793966
Russian Federation - Local +7 495 213 1767
Russian Federation - Toll Free 8 800 500 9283
United Kingdom - Local +44 (0)330 336 9105
United Kingdom - Toll Free 0800 358 6377
United States of America - Local +1 323-794-2551
United States of America - Toll Free 800-239-9838
A live webcast of the presentation will be available at
http://www.audio-webcast.com/cgi-bin/visitors.ssp?fn=visitor&id=5087 [2]
Please register approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.
For enquiries:
Tinkoff Bank Tinkoff Bank
Darya Ermolina Larisa Chernysheva
Head of PR IR Department
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009) + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)
d.ermolina@tinkoff.ru ir@tinkoff.ru [3]
About the Group
TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial
services operating in Russia through a high-tech branchless platform. TCS
Group includes Tinkoff Bank, mobile virtual operator network Tinkoff Mobile,
Tinkoff Insurance, and Tinkoff Software DC, a network of development hubs
across Russia.
The Group was founded in 2006 by the Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and
has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2013.
With no retail branches, the Group serves its customers remotely via online
channels and its call centre, and operates a network of over 1,800
representatives to ensure smooth delivery of its products. The network
covers all of Russia and allows next day delivery to most customers.
The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, Russia's first and only direct
bank offering both own brand and partner retail financial services via its
Tinkoff.ru platform. The product range includes daily banking (credit and
debit cards, payments, money transfers), savings, investments, loyalty
programmes, travel services, SME services, mortgage platform, and insurance.
With its special focus on mobile business, the bank offers mobile
applications both for its customer base (Mobile Bank) and beyond it (Traffic
Fines, MoneyTalk, Card 2 Card instant money transfers).
As at 1 October 2017, the bank was the second largest player in the Russian
credit card market, with a market share of 11.6%. The 9M 2017 IFRS net
income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 12.6 bn, ROE stood at 48.8%.
Banki.ru, Russia's largest financial news portal, named Tinkoff Bank the
Bank of the Year 2016. In October 2016 Tinkoff Bank was named the largest
independent global direct bank by Frost & Sullivan. In 2015 and 2016, the
Global Finance magazine named Tinkoff Bank as the Best Consumer Digital Bank
in Russia. In 2016, the bank also won Global Finance's Best Integrated
Consumer Bank Site award and was named the Best Digital Bank in the CEE by
Euromoney. The bank's mobile application was recognised as the best in
Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report for three consecutive years in 2014, 2015
and 2016, and by Deloitte for four consecutive years from 2013 to 2016.
Forward-looking statements
Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify
forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the
negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that
actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff Bank
do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances
occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements
of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general economic
conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with operating in
Russia, rapid technological and market change in the industries the Group
operates in, as well as many other risks specifically related to the Group,
Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.
ISIN: US87238U2033
Category Code: QRT
TIDM: TCS
LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
Sequence No.: 4888
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